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.....:==^§           ..#§ an anecdote §#..          §^==:.....
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...:==^§¤@ today  it rained, and i would go outside @¤§^==:...
..:==^§¤@# i  thought,  so  i smoked a pipe and got #@¤§^==:..
.:==^§¤@## dressed,  and   outside  the  rain   had ##@¤§^==:.
..:==^§¤@# turned into snow  so thick that  it  was #@¤§^==:..
...:==^§¤@ as dense fog ... and then i went  to get @¤§^==:...
....:==^§¤ the mail, but  there was a woman and  we ¤§^==:....
.....:==^§ talked a little. now because  i was high §^==:.....
......:==^ and it  was snowing so  funny  and i had ^==:......
.......:== an umbrella  against  the snow, but snow ==:.......
........:= all  over my face anyway, and i wondered =:........
.........:         about myself, and my life        :.........
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